Goyea H S, Johnson E J
Trop Geogr Med. 1977 Mar;29(1):103-8.
One hundred and forty-three mothers residing in a representative area of Benin City were interviewed concerning their beliefs about child care, nutrition, and sources of information related to child care. Although all the mothers believed that breast-feeding was a natural procedure which should start from birth, they were not aware of the importance of breast milk to the baby. 58.7 per cent of the mothers would introduce artificial milk within the first month of life, and only 19.6 per cent would give breast milk alone for the first three months. Kwashiorkor was not widely believed to be related to protein-calorie deficiency, although some other food-related causes were given. The food taboos mentioned were not thought by the investigators to have any significant adverse effect on the sample children's health. Most of the information on health was obtained from friends and relatives and from infant welfare clinics. Recommendations are made for improvement of mothers' knowledge in total child care and use of health facilities.
对居住在贝宁城一个代表性区域的143位母亲进行了访谈，了解她们关于儿童护理、营养以及儿童护理相关信息来源的看法。尽管所有母亲都认为母乳喂养是一种应从出生就开始的自然过程，但她们并未意识到母乳对婴儿的重要性。58.7%的母亲会在婴儿出生后的第一个月内引入人工喂养，只有19.6%的母亲会在头三个月纯母乳喂养。虽然提到了一些其他与食物相关的原因，但大多数母亲并不普遍认为夸休可尔症与蛋白质 - 热量缺乏有关。调查人员认为所提及的食物禁忌对样本儿童的健康没有任何显著的不良影响。大多数关于健康的信息是从朋友和亲戚以及婴儿福利诊所获得的。针对提高母亲在全面儿童护理方面的知识以及卫生设施的使用提出了建议。
